Oxhaven Trust

Registered charity 1182892 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRIGHT FAMILY CHARITY

Focus on poverty, health, social inclusion; providing grants to nominees of agencies or charities particularly in Oxfordshire.

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Latest income

£183k

Latest spending

£73k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £109,877 for the year ended 30 November 2025, with unrestricted funds increasing to £2,240,452. The charity holds cash reserves of £66,797 and maintains significant investment property assets valued at £2,993,300. The trustees confirmed the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to ensure that the requisite maintenance of its properties can be undertaken in a timely way and to ensure that it is able to meet the interest payments on its loans (held: £67k)

“The charity maintains sufficient reserves to ensure that the requisite maintenance of its properties can be undertaken in a timely way and to ensure that it is able to meet the interest payments on its loans.” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donations received from trustees in the form of waived loans.

“During the year, donations were received of £67,000 (2024 £371,350) from the trustees which consist of loans which were waived. As at 30 November 2025, loans of £22,246 (2024 £91,196) were owing to the trustees. No interest is payable on these loans and they have no set repayment date.” — page 17

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "within" (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/11/2022)

Total income

£999k

Total spending

£58k

Reserves (reported)

£1.8m

Employees

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (97% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (01/08/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Christopher Bright
Jacob Bright
Professor SUSAN BRIGHT · trustee of 1 other charity
Samuel Bright

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/11/2025	£183k	£73k
30/11/2024	£467k	£106k
30/11/2023	£76k	£60k
30/11/2022	£999k	£58k
30/11/2021	£418k	£9k

Common questions

Is Oxhaven Trust financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £109,877 for the year ended 30 November 2025, with unrestricted funds increasing to £2,240,452. The charity holds cash reserves of £66,797 and maintains significant investment property assets valued at £2,993,300. The trustees confirmed the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE ADRIAN SWIRE CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£90k
THE ST MICHAELS AND ALL SAINTS CHARITY	2	£88k
THE STANTON BALLARD CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£52k
BARNSBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£15k
MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£13k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	2	£4k
OXFORD ROUND TABLE CHARITABLE TRUST	2	£4k
MIND (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR MENTAL HEALTH)	1	£2.7m

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE OAKHAVEN TRUST.

THE OAKHAVEN TRUST income £10.2m
CALVARY CHAPEL OXFORD LIMITED income £145k
OXFORD HEALTH CHARITY income £236k
OXFORD BIBLE CHURCH TRUST LIMITED income £331k
OXFORDSHIRE MIND income £7.0m
HOMELESS OXFORDSHIRE LIMITED income £6.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
Oxhaven Trust	£183k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
THE OAKHAVEN TRUST FY2025	£10.2m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
CALVARY CHAPEL OXFORD LIMITED FY2025	£145k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
OXFORD HEALTH CHARITY FY2025	£236k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
OXFORD BIBLE CHURCH TRUST LIMITED FY2025	£331k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
OXFORDSHIRE MIND FY2025	£7.0m	—	—	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.